Police Lost Property craziness....please help!!!

superscaper

shellsmithcat wrote: »

I know from experience that data protection rules are well OTT, you can't even call the hospitals any more for information on dying relatives (won't go there now). This police policy must have made you wild - what were they trying to say that you were one of the 0.1% of people capable of hacking - or that you were going to use the information contained on the ipod in some criminal way ( can't think how) LOL
Stupid rules and laws and policy - all drives me nuts

Well obviously only the 99.9% non-hackers are allowed to bid in the police auctions.

PasturesNew

I came out of my house one morning and there was a small plastic bag in my front garden, about 6"x8", stuffed full of jewellery. I took it to the police station, they didn't even say I could ever claim it ... and I never heard anything ever again.

Somebody I know found a stereo and a bag of CDs/DVDs down the back lane, he took it to the police station and got pretty much the same reception.

ChrisCobra

Perks of the job :P

tandraig

oh my mum told me worse story than that - dare i post it? why not! its not lost property but what the hell? mum and her friend found another friend dead in his garage. they called the police (as you do) and watched in amazement as the PC responding tucked their friends wallet into his jacket pocket. then blithely told the other PC there was no identification or money on the person!!!
mum told me and I phoned cop shop only to be rudely told it was none of my business.

Takoda

The OP already has an IPod so why are they upset at not getting the lost one?

Takoda

tandraig wrote: »

oh my mum told me worse story than that - dare i post it? why not! its not lost property but what the hell? mum and her friend found another friend dead in his garage. they called the police (as you do) and watched in amazement as the PC responding tucked their friends wallet into his jacket pocket. then blithely told the other PC there was no identification or money on the person!!!
mum told me and I phoned cop shop only to be rudely told it was none of my business.[/QUOTE]

Which is absolutely correct.

Your Mum had the option of asking the PC at the scene - she chose not to do so. Her fault.

tandraig

Takoda wrote: »

tandraig wrote: »

oh my mum told me worse story than that - dare i post it? why not! its not lost property but what the hell? mum and her friend found another friend dead in his garage. they called the police (as you do) and watched in amazement as the PC responding tucked their friends wallet into his jacket pocket. then blithely told the other PC there was no identification or money on the person!!!
mum told me and I phoned cop shop only to be rudely told it was none of my business.[/QUOTE]

Which is absolutely correct.

Your Mum had the option of asking the PC at the scene - she chose not to do so. Her fault.

my mum was in her seventies - and was under the impression the police 'are our friends' her friend was even older and they were shocked but thought it would turn up - when the deceased son was chatting to them later - and mentioned it was strange no wallet found as he was obviously going to car to go out....... mum told me............so i phoned cops on her behalf..cops told me none of my business .......mum and friend witness so mum told deceased son........and made statement to solicitor..........upshot ............cops denied wallet on scene!
clear now?

anna_conda

That's a bit unbelievable. Presumably an unexplained death, and the police would be very careful to find out why that death had happened and would have secured the scene. The finders of the body would have been interviewed by senior police officers and would have been allowed to tell their story and exactly what they'd seen.

marleyboy

I remember when I was about 11 I found a £10 note on the street. In those days we had local bobbies, I saw our bobby on the street and handed the note to him telling him where I found it.

He promptly took me to my house, and informed my parents that he was so impressed with my honesty that he was allowing me to keep the money and was letting them know in case they wondered where I got it from.

mrcol1000

If this story is true. I recently had to collect a load of data and forget a DVD so put it all on my mp3 player rather than spend ages trying to upload it to the internet and then download it later. Had I lost my Mp3 player I would have prefered to have it destroyed than someone else get their hands on it.